April Bloom Day

by Ether

Tulips in the Ether Garden

We’ve had a dry time of it lately, much to the dismay of the Ether Garden and its stewards. Fast is approaching the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club’s annual Morel foray, and I’m beginning to fear there won’t be many Morels (or much else) to be found. Such is life when you’re at the whim of nature though I suppose.

chives with dewApril is a weird time here at the Ether Garden. Not quite growing temperatures sometimes, and other times it feels like summer! Confuses garden and gardener alike. Nonetheless there are definite signs of life about. The Lillies are pushing up their bizarre looking red spikes, Daffodils are starting to open, and the occasional albeit confused wild violet is popping up. Chives are starting to bud, and the Columbine which we thought had been lost to cutworms is pressing on with increasing vigor. Hooray for natives, no?

early violetThe cherry blossoms are fading, and the leaves are starting to come in. It’s interesting to watch the colors change from white to light pink to dark pink and then to green. Sometimes plants fascinate me. This weekend is the Blossom Tour in Lower Lawrenceville, and I’ll be there! I’m going to have a few examples of things you probably already have in your home which can be recycled into handy gardening tools, how nifty is that? Hopefully the weather will be nice for it!


2 Responses to “April Bloom Day”

  1. Gail Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Confuses garden and gardener alike….the weather has been odd! But your tulip is lovely! I hope you get a compost tumbler!
    Please let us know how well it works…then I will get one! Have a great GBBD! gail

  2. Ether Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Thanks Gail! Your Columbines are lovely- ours are still unfurling their leaves right now. I’m hoping to construct a compost tumbler similar to the one Carol @ May Dreams has. I can’t justify spending ~$200 on a composter, but I can certainly DIY it!

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